Irish–English dictionary

Iarthar Láir

The area of the contiguous United States contained in the central third of the country, especially the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, sometimes inclusive of Missouri and Kentucky.

iartharach

A native or inhabitant of the West, of the Western world—Europe and the Americas. (Also written capitalized as Westerner.)

iartharán

(Should we move, merge or split([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary%3ARequests+for+moves%2C+mergers+and+splits&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfm-sense/preload&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bnorthern+and+western%23rfm-sense-notice-en-%7cwestern%5D%5D +]) this sense?) (cinema) A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850–1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture.

iarthuaisceart

The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°.

Iarúsailéim

A city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel and Palestine.

iasacht

The permission to borrow any item.

iasachta

Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.

iasachtaí

One who borrows.

iasachtóir

One who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans.

iasaint

Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.

iasc balún

Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.

iasc órga

A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.

iascaire coirneach

A bird of prey of genus Pandion that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.

iascaireacht

(countable) A place related to fishing, particularly:

iascán nimhe

Any of the small perciform marine fish of the families Callionymidae and Draconettidae (slope dragonets) found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific, the family containing approximately 186 species in 18 genera.

Iasón

(Greek mythology) The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.

iata

Unable to defecate; costive.

iathchloch

(mineral) Any of a large group of rock-forming aluminosilicate minerals containing potassium, sodium, or calcium that, together, make up about 60% of the Earth's outer crust.

Iáva

An island in the Indonesian Archipelago, Indonesia.

ibh

(ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

idad

The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

idé

More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking. [from 17th c.]

idéalach

Perfect, flawless, having no defects.

idéalaí

(philosophy) One who adheres to idealism.

idir

In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)

idir chamáin

Unresolved; not settled or finished.

idir cleith agus ursain

(idiom) By a narrow margin.

idir-réaltrach

(astronomy) Occurring between galaxies.

idir... agus...

Including both of (used with and).

idiraisnéis

An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person. (theatre) A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.

idirchluiche

(music, arts) A short piece of music or act in the interval of the main spectacle; a theatrical interlude.

idirfhásáil

A layer of fabric inserted between other layers of a garment to provide stiffening

idirfheidhm

The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.

idirfhigh

(transitive) To combine (things) through weaving.

idirghaolmhar

Having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism; correlative.

idirghnéas

(WWI, _, military, historical) An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks.

idirghnéasach

(biology) Having both ovaries and testes or both stamens and pistils.

idirghníomh

The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.

idirghníomhach

Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.

idirghníomhaíocht

The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.

idirghníomhú

The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.

idirghníomhúchán

The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.

idirghuí

A prayer to God on behalf of another person; especially, such a prayer offered by a heavenly saint on behalf of a mere mortal who has prayed to the saint for such help.

idirghuítheoir

One who pleads or requests earnestly.

idirleata

Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.

idirlíne

(algebraic geometry) The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.

Idirlíon

The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Internet protocol suite, which now forms a vital part of global communication, content sharing, and information exchange systems.

idirmheán

A format for communicating or presenting information.

idirmheánach

Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.

idirmhír

(music, arts) A short piece of music or act in the interval of the main spectacle; a theatrical interlude.

idirscaradh

The legal dissolution of a marriage.

idirstad

The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.

idirurlár

An intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol.

ifreann

(countable, hyperbole, figuratively) A place or situation of great suffering in life.

igín

(nautical) A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant. [from 15th c.]

il-

Consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts.

il-leabhrach

Having written much, or produced many volumes.

il-leannánacht

Any of various practices involving romantic or sexual relationships with multiple partners with the knowledge and consent of all involved.

il-leannántacht

The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives.

ilchaidreamhach

Having many sexual partners, especially if indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners.

ilchineálach

Consisting of different elements; various.

ilchruinne

(physics, cosmology) The hypothetical group of all the possible universes in existence.

ilchultúrtha

Stemming from two or more races or breeds.

ilchumas

The property of being versatile or having many different abilities.

ildaite

Possessing prominent and varied colors.

ildánacht

The property of being versatile or having many different abilities.

ildiachaí

a believer in, or advocate of, polytheism

ildiachas

The belief in the existence of multiple gods.

íle

Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.

ilfheidhmeacht

The property of being versatile or having many different abilities.

ilghnéitheach

Consisting of different elements; various.

ilphósadh

(often, especially in common use) Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the practice of having several wives at the same time”).

ilstórach

(of a building) Having more than one storey.

ilúsáideacht

The property of being versatile or having many different abilities.

im

A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).

imaistrigh

(intransitive) To migrate to another country.

imchruth

The form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of a thing's shape.

imchruthach

Of, relating to, or having structure.

imchuach

(geography) A shallow depression in a rock formation, such as an area of down-folded rock that has accumulated a thick layer of sediments, or an area scooped out by water erosion.

imchuairt

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution

imdhéanamh

An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.

imdhearg

(transitive) To criticize or rebuke (someone).

imdhíonach

(medicine, usually with "to") Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.

imdhíonacht

(uncountable) The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:

imdhíonachta

(medicine) Of or pertaining to immunity.

ime

A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.

imeachtach

(not comparable) That moves or move.

imeachtaí

One who, or that which, goes.

imeachtaí linbh

A young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one and three years old.

imeachtar

The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.

imeachtrach

Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.

imeall

The outer edge of something.

imeartas focal

A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.

imghearr

(military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.

imghearradh

The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.

imghníomhú

The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.

imigh

(intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.

imigh as amharc

(intransitive) To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.

imir

(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

imir díoltas ar

(transitive) To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge.

imirceach

(of birds, etc) Migrating.

imleacán

(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.

imní

An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.

imní a bheith ort

Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.

imníoch

Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried. [from 18th c.]

imoibríoch

(chemistry) That readily takes part in reactions.

imoibriú

(chemistry) A transformation in which one or more substances is converted into another by combination or decomposition.

impí

The act of entreating or beseeching; a strong petition; pressing solicitation; begging.

impigh

(transitive) To make a petition to (a sovereign or political authority).

impíoch

A person who intercedes; a mediator; one who reconciles enemies, or pleads for another.

impire

Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.

impireacht

An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.

impiriúil

Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.

impiriúlachas

The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.

impiriúlaí

An advocate of imperialism.

impleacht

(countable, uncountable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.

impriseanachas

(arts) An art movement characterized by visible brushstrokes, ordinary subject matter, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities.

impriseanaí

(art) One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism.

imreas

An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.

imreasc

(anatomy) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light reaching the retina, and which forms the colored portion of the eye (See w:Iris (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).

imreoir

One who plays any game or sport.

imtharraingt

The tendency to attract.

imtharraingteach

Pertaining to, or caused by, gravity or gravitation.

imtheorannaigh

(transitive) To imprison somebody, usually without trial.

imtheorannú

The state of being imprisoned, usually without trial.

ín

small, immature, miniature

in aghaidh

In physical opposition to; in collision with.

in aghaidh srutha

In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.

in aice

Next to; at the side of.

in aice láimhe

Next to, close to.

in aice láithreach

Next to, close to.

in aice le

Next to; at the side of.

in ainneoin

In spite of, despite.

in airde

Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.

in aisce

Without paying; free.

in áit ar bith

In or at any location.

in anchruth

Unusual of shape; misshapen.

in ann

(Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.

in aon áit

In or at any location.

in aon bhall

In or at any location.

in araicis

In the direction of.

in ascar

Tangled or twisted together.

in éadan

In physical opposition to; in collision with.

in éadan an bliana

Once a year.

in éadan an chnoic

Up a slope, towards higher ground.

in éadan na huaire

At intervals of an hour.

in ísle brí

Unhappy; despondent.

ina áit

In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.

ina dhiaidh sin

(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time; after that;

ina ionad

In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.